Activists in The Gambia have accused politicians and their backers of hypocrisy and double standards over a proposal by parliament to decriminalise female genital mutilation.
Activists in The Gambia have accused politicians and their backers of hypocrisy and double standards over a proposal by parliament to decriminalise female genital mutilation.
A Gambian parliamentary bill – sponsored by independent lawmaker Almami Gibba and backed by several MPs – seeking to lift the ban on female circumcision, will be officially tabled before the Gambian parliament on 4 March.Uganda: Museveni’s son and his ambiguous political aspirations The ambitions of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni’s son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been synonymous with ambiguity since he thrust his name into suc...Ten years after his latest film, Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako premiered his new film ‘Black Tea’ – a follow-up to his 2015 Oscar-nominate...Farmers in north-west Nigeria pay substantial amounts of money to bandits for permission to farm or harvest, a situation that could worsen Nigeria’s f...
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